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The History of Tibet by Nag-dBan Bio-bZan rGya-mTSHO, the fifth Dalai Lama of Tibet (1617-82), was completed on 14 November 1643. It celebrates the Dalai Lama's coming to power in Tibet in 1642. He sees this event as a new spring in the history of Tibet, to celebrate which he wrote The Song of the Queen of Spring or A History of Tibet.
The notes by the translator, Zahiruddin Ahmad, add to our understanding of the text. For instance, while commenting on the ...
This book is an in-depth study of Buddhist Philosophy in India and Tibet. The concentration is on ontology/epistemology and, to a somewhat lesser extent, soteriology. It is based o the writings of the Buddhist philosophers themselves, from the unknown authors of the Pali Abhidhamma bbooks down to the present Dalai Lama of Tibet. It takes into consideration the work of many twentieth century scholars of Buddhism n order to bring our knowledge of Buddhist ...